Social Security Benefits: Scotland
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential impact of recent changes to welfare provision on families in Scotland.
Answered by Ian Murray
Scotland needs both its governments to step up and fix a broken welfare system.
We will ensure the system protects the most vulnerable who can’t work, while supporting people who can into work.
But in Scotland there are people who want to work but can’t because they are stuck on an NHS waiting list, employability services have faced cuts, college places are at a decade low and the equivalent of a large secondary school’s worth of kids leave school every year without qualifications, and there is a declared housing crisis in Scotland - does the hon Member really think that speaks well of the SNP’s record?
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